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Numbers of Protective Service Occupations in Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division

Occupation group

Protective Service Occupations
Year Number
2005 1,010
2006 1,000
2007 1,310
2008 2,510
2009 2,450
2010 2,600
2011 2,320
2012 2,550
2013 2,560
2014 2,630
2015 3,250
2016 3,330
2017 3,450

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Year Number
2005 0
2007 110
2008 120
2009 70
2010 70
2011 50
2012 90
2013 100
2014 100
2015 200
2016 210
2017 220

First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Year Number
2007 120
2008 120
2009 110
2010 100
2011 100
2012 80
2013 90
2014 90
2015 110
2016 120
2017 140

First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 40
2006 30
2007 40
2008 60
2009 50
2010 50
2011 70
2012 50
2013 60
2014 60
2015 60
2016 70
2017 60

Firefighters
Year Number
2005 470
2006 430
2007 440
2008 420
2009 380
2010 360
2011 370
2012 440
2013 490
2014 480
2015 440
2016 420
2017 500

Correctional Officers and Jailers
Year Number
2015 230
2016 220
2017 220

Detectives and Criminal Investigators
Year Number
2015 40
2016 40
2017 40

Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
Year Number
2005 460
2006 500
2007 510
2008 540
2009 580
2010 560
2011 560
2012 550
2013 610
2014 610
2015 640
2016 630
2017 650

Animal Control Workers
Year Number
2017 30

Private Detectives and Investigators
Year Number
2012 0

Security Guards
Year Number
2007 0
2008 1,150
2009 1,110
2010 1,250
2011 1,170
2012 1,200
2013 1,160
2014 1,190
2015 1,320
2016 1,370
2017 1,250

Crossing Guards and Flaggers
Year Number
2005 0
2007 40
2008 40
2012 50
2013 50
2014 50
2015 30

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Year Number
2005 40
2006 40
2009 70
2010 80
2014 50
2015 50
2016 60
2017 160

Protective Service Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 0
2007 50
2008 60
2009 80
2010 130
2011 0
2012 90
2013 0
2014 0
2015 130
2016 190
2017 180